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The Unmooring of American Military Power

Identifying what the author believes to be a battle between the priorities of civilian life and the war, the host of the critically acclaimed The Rachel Maddow show explains that today's focus on national security is actually compromising national stability, tracing the historical events and contributing factors that have promoted a deeply militarized American culture.

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Rachel Maddow provided a lucid explantion of how USA ended up in perpetual war like state. She blames both Democrats and Republicans for the state in which 10% of the population is fighting in military actions while the other 90% is barely aware and are not affected by the military actions including not feeling the pinch by actually paying for the military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq. War like states impinge on our freedom she says by reducing discussion or disagreement about the military actions as well as other actions of government.